CITY OF NY v. 17 VISTA ASSOCS


192 A.D.2d 192 (1993)

City of New York et al., Respondents, v. 17 Vista Associates et al., Appellants

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York, First Department.

June 17, 1993


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert J. Ward of counsel (Jean-Marie L. Atamian with him on the brief; Shea & Gould, attorneys), for appellants.

A. Orlie Spanier of counsel (Stephen J. McGrath and John Low-Beer with him on the brief; O. Peter Sherwood, Corporation Counsel of New York City, attorney), for respondents.

CARRO, J. P., ELLERIN, KUPFERMAN and KASSAL, JJ., concur.


ROSENBERGER, J.

The actions of the City of New York in discarding established procedure in favor of a scheme in which money was extracted in exchange for an expedited and favorable review of the status of a building, despite an existing determination by the City granting the building such favorable status, violated public policy and renders the agreements between the parties void and unenforceable.

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